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Just because someone may have a $300M art portfolio doesn't mean that they haven't borrowed a similar amount using the art as collateral. In my line of work I run into multi multi millionaires all the time. The asset side of the balance sheet looks great but when I look at the liability side, then ...

I would very much hope that Jim is referring to Alsace. Probably, but that wouldn't give enough credit to the Germans. I've generally preferred Grauburgunders (the German name) to most Alsatian pinot gris, as they have more acid. Sadly, they are pretty much impossible to find here. Donnhoff makes a...

2010 Château Sigalas Rabaud - France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes (6/21/2019) Don't drink Sauternes often, this hit all the spots for me. The mouthfeel was heavy but not like syrup heavy. The nose is showing tropical notes, pineapple, orange zest, carnauba oil, vanilla, could pass for a damned ...

Good for him, its hard to retire, staying retired is even harder than that. Cheers, good health, and much enjoyment with family and friends.

Scores are what you would expect with their standard or Special Selection, however it was their 40th anniversary. Perhaps the vintage inspired some nostalgia in the hardened fan-base and made it more scarce. Its curious if it really is out of line with other vintages' availability and "relative" sco...

Nero D'Avola and Corvina for reds and Viognier for white

YLee wrote: ↑
February 24th, 2019, 2:48 pm
^I don't agree with your analogy.

Gerhard, I think you are taking this poll way too seriously. It's meant to be simplest form possible. Just to get an idea what people like.
I'm afraid to even start a poll about favorite colors.

Plaid

Brian G r a f s t r o m wrote: ↑
February 23rd, 2019, 9:38 am

Odd Rydland wrote: ↑
February 23rd, 2019, 8:53 am

Kris Patten wrote: ↑
February 23rd, 2019, 7:07 am
Can I pick old as a write in?

Fully depends on age of wine to pick a Prädikat.
I totally agree with this.
+2.

And one more.

So, bear with me.... My allergies have been kicking the shit out of me for the last 2 years. Broken in the morning. My Doc is requesting that I take a break from any cow dairy, which for morbid curiosity, I'll take a shot at. Knowing me, I can go weeks without milk or heavy cheese then down a gallo...

So, bear with me.... My allergies have been kicking the shit out of me for the last 2 years. Broken in the morning. My Doc is requesting that I take a break from any cow dairy, which for morbid curiosity, I'll take a shot at. Knowing me, I can go weeks without milk or heavy cheese then down a gallo...

Then there is this guy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Borker

He did do something few have done, forced google to make an update to its search algorithm to consider negative feedback.

I just showed my wife your pics toward making our own 6 day trip a reality.

Well done, looks amaze-a-balls good.

Love my 6 pack, nice blend....

2015 Keller Estate Chardonnay La Cruz Vineyard USA
2012 Keller Estate Pinot Gris La Cruz Vineyard USA
2014 Keller Estate Pinot Noir El Coro
2017 Keller Estate Pinot Noir Rosé
2012 Keller Estate Syrah Rotie
2013 Keller Estate Casa

Could you decant a young cab for several hours then rebottle and cork and open again say 48 hours later ? Would this be similar to a normal decant ? Or would aging continue when recorked ? Reason for ask8ng is to transport the wine safely to an offsite I think you may be confusing aging with doing ...

So, bear with me.... My allergies have been kicking the shit out of me for the last 2 years. Broken in the morning. My Doc is requesting that I take a break from any cow dairy, which for morbid curiosity, I'll take a shot at. Knowing me, I can go weeks without milk or heavy cheese then down a gallon...

Just on a whim, you exposed it to open oxygen, and that's where it all changed. Wine is always aging, it just sped up there when you released the cork. If you re-bottled and used maybe a nitrogen filler or something, maybe it slows it down again, maybe. However you are talking about 48 hours for tha...

Used to, starting out it had merits and in an early Internet era it was something I can take and read anywhere at my pace. I got more educated and liked alternative sources. Technology caught up and put WS and many others at your fingertips. I think they out-priced themselves online and too many cos...

Funny thing about this one, there's one other note, and the dude seems to have liked it, yet posted a 63. Gotta be a typo. He liked the wine, good notes, and yes, a 63. Commented as a good CT citizen to his note. Yet it seems it will stand. Not a widely popular wine by any standard, damned good none...

2009 Borgo M Merlot Delle Venezie - Italy, Delle Venezie (2/13/2019) This is a big wine. Even at this age, its got a lot of room to run. Opening day 1, it was dark inky purple, thick legs. The nose was tight with vanilla, dark red fruit and violets. Palate was brutish with tannins and dark red frui...

Well if you think you can find G-Max quality for under $30 a bottle more power to you. Wasn't saying that, just that high-end Keller is what, like ~3 Gs as I understand. 10% of that is 300 dollars, 1% is 30 bucks * 3 (or 3%) is 90 bucks. I feel comfortable finding comparable QPR in German Riesling ...

Ian S wrote: ↑
February 8th, 2019, 8:19 pm
What if it's white Zinfandel?

You brush your teeth and start over again.

Call it a mulligan.

Mel Hill wrote: ↑
January 12th, 2019, 1:07 pm
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pesto, cherry tomatoes burratta and then
some arugula after coming out of the oven

I think that I am in love with this, going to have to plagiarize soon

Getting back to your impressions, you thought of a Clos St. Hune, did anything else enter your mind on palate? And being more specific toward price range, it was your WOTN, what else at a more reasonable pricing tier stack up to it that you may have thought of (QPR)? There's a great deal in the 200...

Not unusual predominant themes here I see. Red > white, or white > red, or red and white can get along... Its preferences and palates vary. I love well-aged Rieslings and they can hit notes on the spectrum that reds can't for me, hence why I appreciate them. Reds, my fetish being Burg, can do thing...

I've had unbelievable well-aged expression on both sides of that fence. I get more excited out of the whites I've had for the nuance they developed.

Not unusual predominant themes here I see. Red > white, or white > red, or red and white can get along... Its preferences and palates vary. I love well-aged Rieslings and they can hit notes on the spectrum that reds can't for me, hence why I appreciate them. Reds, my fetish being Burg, can do things...

Went mixed 6 pack and looking forward to them, even split of Semillon, Especial, and Blanc. Might be back for more after I spend a few nights talking myself in it.

Merrill, sometimes the best question is the one not asked. Especially, these days on this board, if you are female. Its not the worst term going by a long shot floating around from the model citizens on this site. I'll offer up Urban Dictionary to answer your initial question... https://www.urbandi...

I'm going with a nice 2000 Bordeaux for the Rams, old world and balanced. Got a Ch. Gloria that might fit the bill, or a Cos.

Then, for the Pats, a nice bottle of WD-40 Specialist Industrial-Strength Cleaner & Degreaser. Because Brady is a Tool.

That sounds fair.

Pre-gaming with a 2011 Kutch Sonoma to start.

Laughed my ass off. That was great. Loved that he has a worst potty mouth than I do. That happened to me once, took a leak after eating wings with Carolina Reaper, burned for 2 hours. That last scene made me think if this... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/56/13/02/561302721e5fc1c0678898c3dc4410c1.jpg

4 x 2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese
4 x 2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
4 x 2016 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese

I want to know who bought from the largest number of different wineries. I am at 10 and depending on a couple phone calls tomorrow, I may go for a few more if I can lay some stuff off. So far, I have bought from 4 I have never even tried, just to check them out, and being a recidivist, I bought fro...

I want to know who bought from the largest number of different wineries. I am at 10 and depending on a couple phone calls tomorrow, I may go for a few more if I can lay some stuff off. So far, I have bought from 4 I have never even tried, just to check them out, and being a recidivist, I bought fro...

I never include shipping and/or tax for the same reason some of you include it; it can vary so much. I suppose it depends on why you are collecting the data. If it is to have a record of landed price, I can see including it, but I can't think of how I would use that data. I am more interested in fo...

The ultimate quick-opening is the perfection of temps to wine ratio. Champagne is best delivered in the evening on a 32 degree day. If it sat on the truck a long time is a bonus, especially if the shipper spent $ on the styro shipper. Cali Pinot is best delivered on a Saturday while your sitting on...

My opinion is they are great from day 1 until death basically. Different types of goodness. Depending on what you are looking for. But in general they are so easy to drink. That And maybe that's because at some point my patience wavers. At the ends of their earth, they still have something to offer...

I’m OCD about my CT. Will miss a few here and there. But, about once a month I use the location feature to give me the number of bottles that should be in a rack and inventory that way. Haven’t gone to barcoding just yet. One thing I’m not OCD about is the exact location. I list the specific rack t...

...a little over my budget... ...But the tasting notes didn't seem quite as good. Maybe a mistake?... ...I guess a long decant is in order?... First item, get used to justifying that to yourself lol. That's more being facetious. Eventually though, you'll really try to stay in a budget that you feel...

They’ve changed a lot since their early 2000s splash on the scene. Around 2007 or so, they dialed back from huge to medium or medium/large, with alcohols in the 14.5% range. Still darker and more extracted than “traditional” pinot, but less sweet, more acid. Then I think with last year’s releases, ...

Dave McIsaac is our new BerserkerDay Champion, and John Simpson has become an All-Pro with his multiple years of incredible BD purchases... Wasn’t Rich the runner-up last year by a close margin? If so, I’d nominate him as an All-Pro as well. Sincerely, A Former All-Pro Thanks Mike, appreciate the s...

That is my methodology as well. It works. It is aided by the fact that I am pretty much the only one who ever handles wine in my cellar. I gotta get in this habit. Belated New Years Resolution. I gotta do some truing up. I've been consistent with entering, less on marking them gone. In principle it...

Same here. I've got all my purchases from BD10 in pending and printed out a list of everything else today. I'm going to try and work on it a few hours a day until I get done. Of course, I'll probably wind up boxing up some for friends to free up space for the new arrivals. One requirement Todd need...

That is my methodology as well. It works. It is aided by the fact that I am pretty much the only one who ever handles wine in my cellar. I gotta get in this habit. Belated New Years Resolution. I gotta do some truing up. I've been consistent with entering, less on marking them gone. Same here. I've...

<-- another with an accurate and kept-up-to-date CT. A bottle is never placed into the racking until the barcode is printed and attached to the bottle. When I drink a bottle, I remove the barcode label and either update CT immediately, or later using those tags. That is my methodology as well. It w...

... That amounts to 164 + a mag ... Lay off the bourbon on BD!!!!!!! ... I also won another sixer of Signal Ridge by answering a trivia question Wow, I do bow to that. I picked up a 12 of Kutch outside Berserker Day and that's still more. No brainer on the title, well deserved, and its comforting t...

Sheila is spot on, great selections this year and everyone brought their A game. Thank you to Todd, the Mods and anyone else that helped organize this shindig. Thanks to all the sponsors and everyone that put an offer out there. A great event all around.

Great event. Taking advantage of Preview day kinda had me done by 2 today, got to take a nap. Though I did tack on 6 more settling up with the folks at Goodfellow earlier. When I hear something they produce described as liquid crack, how do you resist. All in all, 151 bottles across 22 producers. Th...

Ok, gotta pull the trigger here. A sixer of Berserker Cuvee must find its way to my cellar. Email forthcoming.

Shot you an email. I like things that are different and orange wine is different.

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